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Looks like Jason, Andy and Greyson are the only riders left featured on their instagram. Remember everyone defending Greyson using questionable norwegian metal in his parts?
you mean Baekkel ?
you guys know that not all norwegian black metal is problematic right?
Baekkel skated to darkthrone, not some nsbm bullshit
You're kidding, right?
They put "True Aryan Black Metal" on Transylvania Hunger, which heavily featured Varg (as did Panzerfaust where they claimed they weren't Nazis), and then said all their critics were exhibiting "Jewish behavior"
It's pretty hard to find a band from that era and that scene who didn't say or do something questionable. The second wave was pretty lawless compared to anything else before or since. I always felt like maybe they started wanting to reclaim Norweigian heritage from Christianity, but then it morphed into Nazi/Aryan/elitist nonsense. Most of the bands eventually distanced themselves from those ideas, but the history is there and wouldn't doubt some still share those thoughts. At least Varg is open about his stupidity.
On that same note, it's pretty questionable for white people to be skating to any of those bands or wearing a shirt, even if you're from Norway. I'm gay and Mexican, and I stopped wearing shirts from a few bands because I don't want to send anyone the wrong message about supporting racist bullshit.